Nigeria, May 22 -- In Nigeria, major disruptions in telecommunications networks became more frequent in May 2025, causing widespread problems for millions of users.

The main reasons behind these interruptions were fibre cable cuts, power failures, and system breakdowns.

Data collected by Uptime, a platform that monitors network performance, showed that 9mobile and MTN Nigeria experienced the highest number of outages, raising concerns about the state of telecom services in the country.

From the start of the year until May 19, 9mobile faced 31 network failures in several regions, while MTN Nigeria reported 25 similar incidents.

Most of these problems-around 70%-were due to fibre cables being cut, either during road construction or beca...